Raintree County (1957)

In The Great Tradition Of Civil War Romance

In 1859, idealist John Wickliff Shawnessey, a resident of Raintree County, Indiana, is distracted from his high school sweetheart Nell Gaither by Susanna Drake, a rich New Orleans girl. This love triangle is further complicated by the American Civil War, and dark family history.

Cast (79)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Elizabeth Taylor

Susanna Drake Shawnessy

Montgomery Clift

John Wickliff Shawnessy

Eva Marie Saint

Nell Gaither

Nigel Patrick

Prof. Jerusalem Webster Stiles

Lee Marvin

Orville 'Flash' Perkins

Rod Taylor

Garwood B. Jones

Agnes Moorehead

Ellen Shawnessy

Walter Abel

T.D. Shawnessy

Jarma Lewis

Barbara Drake

Tom Drake

Bobby Drake

Rhys Williams

Ezra Gray

Russell Collins

Niles Foster

DeForest Kelley

Southern Officer

E

Eileen Stevens

Miss Roman

L

Luana Lee

Girl (uncredited)

Sue George

Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

Myrna Hansen

Mrs. Lydia Gray (uncredited)

Fred Aldrich

Townsman (uncredited)

Ruth Attaway

Parthenia (uncredited)

J

John Barton

Townsman (uncredited)

Oliver Blake

Jake - Bartender (uncredited)

Nesdon Booth

Spectator (uncredited)

G

George Boyce

Party Guest (uncredited)

H

Henry Brock

Minor Role (uncredited)

Don Burnett

Tom Conway (uncredited)

B

Boyd Cabeen

Townsman (uncredited)

William Challee

Spectator (uncredited)

Phil Chambers

Starter (uncredited)

R

Robert Cole

Party Guest (uncredited)

Gene Coogan

Townsman (uncredited)

Isabel Cooley

Soona - Susanna's Maid (uncredited)

J

Josephine Cummins

Woman (uncredited)

J

Jack Daly

Photographer (uncredited)

Michael Dante

Jesse Gardner (uncredited)

Jimmy Dime

Bartender (uncredited)

P

Phyllis Douglas

Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

D

Dan Dowling

Club Patron (uncredited)

M

Michael Dugan

Nat Franklin (uncredited)

John Eldredge

Cousin Sam (uncredited)

D

Duke Fishman

Townsman (uncredited)

G

George Ford

Club Patron (uncredited)

Robert Foulk

Pantomimist (uncredited)

J

Joel Friend

Party Guest (uncredited)

J

Joseph Glick

Soldier (uncredited)

Dorothy Granger

Madame Gaubert (uncredited)

James Griffith

Mr. Gray's Searching Companion (uncredited)

Myrna Hansen

Lydia Grey (uncredited)

Stacy Harris

Union Lieutenant (uncredited)

R

Rosalind Hayes

Bessie (uncredited)

Bill Hickman

Townsman (uncredited)

Jimmie Horan

Townsman (uncredited)

J

Judi Jordan

Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

Jack Kenny

Townsman (uncredited)

Frank Kreig

Spectator (uncredited)

J

Janet Lake

Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

D

Donald Losby

Jim Shawnessy - Age 2 (uncredited)

M

Mickey Maga

Jim Shawnessy - Age 4 (uncredited)

Philo McCullough

Townsman (uncredited)

O

Owen McGiveney

Blind Man (uncredited)

Gardner McKay

Bearded Soldier (uncredited)

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